The first Airship to register for the 2017 Steampunk Olympics at the International Steampunk Symposium is the Cleveland Zeppelin Union! “The Cleveland Zeppelin Union is back and ready for action! The CZU provides docking space for individuals and groups to exchange ideas, run events, and promote all that is Steampunk in the greater Cleveland and Akron area. […]

More than half a decade ago, dozens of airship crews from all across the state, the nation, and even the globe converged in Cincinnati, Ohio to compete in the first ever Steampunk Olympics and began the annual gathering known as the International Steampunk Symposium! While some contests in the Steampunk Olympics are open to all, […]

Diana Pho, also known as Ay-leen the Peacemaker, is recognized by the Steampunk Community as a leading authority on academia and multiculturalism in Steampunk. She was a guest speaker at the very first Symposium back in 2012, and has been an honored guest in 2013 and 2015 as well. We are thrilled to announce that she […]

Many of you know her for her Steampunk novels such as Boneshaker (2009), but Cherie Priest is a person of many talents, and we are thrilled that she will be a guest of honour at the 2017 International Steampunk Symposium this April!

He has written novels set in the Star Trek and Star Wars universes, has written three sequels to Blade Runner, he has written many novels, but to the Steampunk Community K.W. Jeter will be eternally known as “the chap who first coined the term Steampunk“ back in 1987. Come April 2017, it will mark 30 years since he gave […]